Ipod Touches Go Home With Students

Last Friday four of our Kinder students took the ipod touches home to continue the research part of our program. I met with two of the parents of these students today as well as the four students. Both the parents and the students were excited about the touches, although I have to say that the students found it harder to contain their excitement.

Some feedback from the parents included the following points:

• Students needed no instruction on how to use the ipod touches.
• Siblings of the students were keen to use the ipod touches as well, however the Kinder students found it difficult to share them.
• Students were playing the letter and number identification games all throughout the weekend.
• Students enjoyed the stories that were read to them on the touches.
• It was easy to charge the ipod touch at home, it fitted into the docking stations that families already had at home.
• Parents found it useful to have the earphones.
• Parents liked the instant feedback that the applications provided for students.
• Students had to listen very carefully to instructions on the applications

Some feedback from the students included:

• The number game is fun.
• It's easy to use.
• The students liked the fairy tales that were read to the on the touch.

Some feedback from the teacher who sent the touches home on Friday included:

• Students used the touches freely once they were shown how to turn on/off, slide, select an app, exit an app and return to the main screen so they could select a new app.
• The students were quickly engaged with the touches using alot of language to teach one another how to use the touches.